Idaho Soil Conservation
Commission

District Facts

Soil Conservation Districts are dedicated to conserving renewable resources and using sound management practices. They promote clean water and productive soils. Districts strive to ensure that decisions on conservation problems are made at the local level by local people. They channel expertise from all levels of government into action at the local level. This is an ideal system for solving natural resource conservation problems.

Idaho Impact

• All private, State, and Federal land in Idaho, with the exception of some incorporated cities and portions of the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, lies within a district.
• Idaho has 51 Soil Conservation Districts.

District Activities

• Identified in the State Agricultural Pollution Plan as the "local management agency" for agricultural nonpoint source water quality activities, a role Districts take seriously
• Assist private landowners with the conservation, management, and treatment of natural resources
• Provide education and information concerning water quality and natural resources
• Conduct surveys, investigations, and research on the condition of natural resources for conservation, development, and proper use
• Conduct demonstration projects
• Promote the application of Best Management Practices (BMPs) through education, technical assistance, and financial incentives. Sponsor the planning and implementation of State- and Federally-funded watershed projects and federally-funded small watershed projects
• Facilitate the State's Resource Conservation and Rangeland Development Program, the Anti-Degradation Policy Agreement, and soil surveys
• Annually update Five-year Resource Conservation Business Programs and annual work plans

For more information

Contact your local Soil Conservation District or the Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts, 39 W Pine, Suite B20, Meridian, Idaho 83642, Phone: 208-338-5900